FURTHER READING for KEEPER OF THE LIGHT: Juliet Nichols Fights the San Francisco Fog

My book KEEPER OF THE LIGHT tells the story of Juliet Fish Nichols, the lighthouse keeper on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay from 1902 to 1914, and her heroic efforts in the summer of 1906 after the San Francisco earthquake, when for more than twenty hours she rang the giant fog bell by hand, thus averting potential disaster. 

If you would like to know more about light houses, lighthouse keepers, Angel Island in San Francisco Bay, or the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, here are some books for kids. Look for them in your library or online.

Light of the Bay: Laura Hecox, Keeper of the Santa Cruz Lighthouse by Lynn Guenther (Amazon, 2022)

Lighthouses for Kids: History, Science, and Lore with 21 Activities by Katherine L. House, (Chicago Review Press, 2008)

Hello Lighthouse, by Sophie Blackall, (Little Brown, 2018)

Abbie Against the Storm: the True Story of a Young Heroine and Lighthouse by Marcia K. Vaughan (Scholastic, 1999)

Keep the lights Burning, Abbie by Konnie and Peter Roop (Carolrhoda, 1985)

The Bravest Woman in America by Marissa Moss (Tricycle Press, 2011)

Loud Emily by Alexis O’Neill (Aladdin, 2001)

Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain, by Russell Freedman, (Clarion, 2016)

Li on Angel Island (Smithsonian Historical Fiction), by Veeda Bybee, (Capstone, 2020)

The Dragon’s Child: A Story of Angel Island by Laurence Yep and Kathleen S. Yep Dr. (HarperCollins, 2008) 

Paper Son: Lee’s Journey to America by Helen Foster James and Virginia Shin-Mui Loh (Sleeping Bear Press, 2013) 

Landed by Milly Lee (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006) 

What Was The San Francisco Earthquake?, by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler, (Penguin Workshop, 2016)

The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 by Laurence Yep (HarperCollins, 2006) 

I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 by Lauren Tarshis (Scholastic, 2012)

Note: Additional resources for KEEPER OF THE LIGHT are in the Pages section on this blog.